What is Democracy?

Question

What does democracy mean? What does it mean to be TRULY democratic?

Answer 1

It's what the United States of America was founded on, it's the Constitution, it's also what we don't have anymore. We're not by the people, of the people, or for the people. Now it's only the people with $$$$$.

Answer 2

Democracy is, literally, rule by the people (from the Greek demos, "people," and kratos, "rule"). The methods by which this rule is exercised, and indeed the composition of "the people" are central to various definitions of democracy, but useful contrasts can be made with oligarchies and autocracies, where political authority is highly concentrated and not subject to meaningful control by the people. While the term democracy is often used in the context of a political state, the principles are also applicable to other areas of governance.

The word "democracy" has acquired a highly positive connotation in much of the world over the second half of the 20th century, to such an extent that even many dictatorships claim to be democratic and often hold illiberal elections to garner legitimacy, both internally and internationally. Most contemporary political ideologies include at least some form of democracy at some levels of society.

Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cies
Etymology: Middle French democratie, from Late Latin democratia, from Greek dEmokratia, from dEmos + -kratia -cracy
1 a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2 : a political unit that has a democratic government
3 capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the U.S.
4 : the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority
5 : the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges

Answer 3

its a way for the rich to rule convincing the middle class they have a say in what goes on. Claims to be equal when in fact it is ruled by a few and has a safety clause which goes somnething like; to protect the people from themselves. An example of this is the popular vote.

Answer 4

another structure build on guessing what Unity really is. Does it really Unite us? How happy we are being within that man-made structure? Irony is to be truly democratic means to drop all names and meanings of any structure, but be yourself.

Answer 5

of the people,by the people,for the people.

Answer 6

Idiocy.

Answer 7

These days? Depends on the last count of demons you probably had in you.

Answer 8

omg are you like from dictator-land or something?who doenst know what democracy is?